Israeli filmmaker Gil Levanon and Australian filmmaker Kat Rohrer speak about their film, "Back to the Fatherland," a documentary exploration of Israelis living in Germany and Austria today.
Anat Goren's four-chaptered documentary looks at the the Dayan family, a story integrally linked to the mythology and history of the State of Israel. It follows five generations of Dayans, beginning at the turn of the 20th century through today.
Mexican director Isaac Ezban came to New York to speak at the First Mexican Jewish Film Festival, to show his new film, "Evil Eye," and to promote Mexican filmmaking. Isaac also speaks about and screens one of his early short films, "Kosher Spaghetti."
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Lebanese writer/director Oualid Mouaness discusses his award-winning film "1982," a harrowing portrait of one of the most cataclysmic moments in Lebanon’s history- told through the lens of a child and his vibrant imagination.
What can history tell us about the present? Filmmakers Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker (Karl Marx City) search for answers about what history can tell us about the present, taking inspiration from Sebastian Haffner’s 1978 German best-selling book The Meaning of Hitler. Shot in nine countries, the film explores what Hitler means in the current waves of white supremacy, antisemitism, and the weaponization of history.
Filmmaker Barak Heymann and former member of Knesset Dov Khenin talk about "Comrade Dov," Heymann's documentary portrait of the controversial politician and academic, who successfully worked across the political divide, even though he represented the Communist party in Israel's parliament.
Director Alon Schwarz discusses “Tantura,” his controversial documentary. The film investigates disputed events at the Palestinian village of Tantura in 1948, where survivors claimed to witness a massacre of civilians by Israeli troops.